Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Investigating Principal Leadership Across Cultures.

Heck, Ronald H.

Peabody Journal of Education, v73 n2 p51-80 1998

Identifies conceptual and methodological issues in investigating educational leadership processes and their impact across different cultural settings, discussing views of school leadership research, definitions of school leadership in comparative studies, and types of methodological issues that will surface in conducting studies across cultures or nations. The paper proposes various lenses through which to study cultural variables in educational administration. (SM)